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Light Hendrickson (Art Flick)

Light Hendrickson Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn At some point between mid-April and mid-May in the East and upper Midwest, fly an­glers… Read More

Brown Owl

Brown Owl Rusty Dunn fishing fly

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn If the history of fly fishing is viewed with the mirror of time, dry-fly fishing… Read More

SWTU Fy Tying Classes: Teaching a New Vise

SWTU Fly Tying Class

Students and instructors have been busy improving skills and whipping out flies as they approach halfway through SWTU’s 8-week Beginning and Intermediate fly tying classes. Here are a couple photos courtesy Henry Nehls-Lowe …

Halford’s Rough Olive

Fly Tying Rusty Dunn: Halford's Rough Olive

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn The period shortly before and after 1900 was a time of upheaval in the fly-fishing… Read More

Green Tail

Green Tail

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn On a glorious late April day in England in the early 1800s, daffodils trumpet spring’s… Read More

Trout Unlimited Fly-Tying Courses – 2026

Classes are filling up fast: As of publication on December 2, there is 1 open seat in intermediate and 10 in beginner! Trout Unlimited invites you to learn fly tying or im­prove your tying skills this winter. Experienced… Read More

Little Red Sedge

Rusty Dunn Little Red Sedge

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn The hopes and dreams of most dry-fly anglers rest on the shoulders of but two… Read More

Brown Bivisible

Bivisible fly Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Have a sip of New York City municipal water, and you’re drinking a cup of… Read More

Campus Outreach and Fly Tying Event

By Henry Nehls-Lowe On September 30 at the Rathskeller, we were 11 instructors and about the same number of Hoofers who stopped by for a fabulous time of tying flies and talking about everything related to favorite flies… Read More

Bird’s Nest Nymph

Bird's Nest Nymph - Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn If you fly fish long enough, you will probably encounter one of angling’s most enjoyable… Read More